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Festival 2012 | June 16–30 www.artidea.org New HaVeN CoNNeCtiCut - - the international Festival of arts & ideas is made possible with the support of: welcome to Festival 2012 The International Festival of Arts & Ideas is a 15-day extravaganza of performing arts and conversations— a place to tickle your senses, to engage your mind, to Official Media sponsors find inspiration, and to take off on an adventure. technology sponsor We’ve packed Festival 2012 with seriously good fun: There are speakers and conversationalists keen to share expansive ideas, and world-renowned artists Seymour L. Lustman Memorial Fund from all corners of the planet eager to share joy-filled, thought-provoking performances. ® Come play. Come see where your wits take you. Come have some SERIOUS FUN! David T. Langrock Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Foundation table of Contents additional Media Partners MusiC, tHEATER & DanCe WYBC-AM 1340 Asphalt Orchestra FRee 6 The Ben Allison Band with Robert Pinsky 15 sPOnsORs as of 3.1.12 Eileen and Andrew Eder Roslyn Milstein Meyer and The Carolina Chocolate Drops FRee 11 Aetna Robert E. Eisele Fine Arts Trust Jerome Meyer Aldo DeDominicis Foundation, Inc. Louise Endel Judi and Dan Miglio Circa 13 New Haven Parking Authority Reverend Kevin G. Ewing Sharon and Daniel Milikowsky Erth’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo FRee 5 Pelli Clarke Pelli Richard and Barbara Feldman Michael Morand & Film Series: Paradise Regained FRee 20 Peoples United Bank Gordon and Shelley Geballe William Frank Mitchell King Lear—Contemporary Legend Theater (Taiwan) 16 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Sally and Stephen Glick The Howard and Maryam Newman love fail 17 Southern Connecticut Gas Company David Goldman and Family Foundation Mark Morris Dance Group 10 University of New Haven Debbie Bisno David I. Newton National Theatre of Scotland 7 United Illuminating Company William and Jean Graustein Barbara Rockenbach Webster Bank Pamela L. Griffin Deborah Rose Noori FRee 12 Wiggin & Dana Thomas S. Griggs, Jr. and Richard Weiss and Lynda Rosenfeld The Radio Show—Kyle Abraham/Abraham.in.Motion 9 Yale Alumni Magazine Ed Bottomley David Rosen and Barbara Goren Red Baraat FRee 12 Yale Center for British Art Kim A. Healey and Carol and Stephen Ross Sing the Truth! Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves & Lizz Wright FRee 4 Yale School of Architecture John A. McCreight Constance L. Royster 34 Puñaladas 14 Richard and Rosalind Hinman Seedlings Foundation Yale School of Drama Rosanne Cash: The List FRee 19 Yale School of Music Jim Horwitz and Sandy Allison Fred and Barbara Sette Yale Summer Film Institute Andrea Jackson-Brooks James M. Shure Yale Institute for Music Theater 18 Yale Summer Session Amy and David Jaffe Richard and Pamela Simione Yale International Choral Festival 8 Yale University Art Gallery Jana Foundation, Inc. Carol L. Sirot Foundation The Yuval Ron Ensemble 15 Steven Kaplan and Betsy and William Sledge inDiviDUALS Anemone Schweizer-Kaplan Stephanie S. Spangler and iDeas FRee 22 Bruce Alexander Jean Russell Kelley Robert G. Shulman Lectures and conversations, kicked off by Philippe Petit William Aseltyne and Jeff Stryker Gateway Community College Christine Dokko and David Stein John B. Beinecke Meghan & George Knight Louis & Susan Stone Susan J. Bryson and Estate of Brian Kolbin Timothy J. and Tracy Stuart tHe sCene On tHe GReen FRee 26 Laurence P. Nadel Jean and Nick Lamont Phoebe and Thomas Styron Weekday Lunchtime & Evening Concerts, Weekend Performances, Thomas and Lisa Calvocoressi Anonymous Guido and Anne Tyler Calabresi Family Activities, Pizza Fest & more! Gayle Capozzalo Friend Victor Vega Elsie B. Chapman Linda K. Lorimer and Charles D. Ellis Karen Pritzker-Vlock and inteRaCtive PROGRaMs 32 Frances T. Clark Sean Matteson and Michael Vlock Walking Tours, Bike Tours, Food Experiences William E. Curran Gabriela Campos-Matteson George Zdru Curran Foundation Adiola McCalmon Bob & Priscilla Dannies Ruby Melton and Gail McAvay FRONT COVER (in order of appearance): EOiN CaREy, NaN mElVillE, sTEphaNiE bERgER | baCk Cover: courtesy OF CiRCa 2 DEsigN: FlylEaF CREaTiVE, iNC. OPENINGWEEKENDOPENINGWEEKENDOPENINGW EEKENDOPENINGWEEKENDOPENINGWEEKENDO- SiNg tHe trutH! erth’s dinosaur angélique Kidjo, dianne reeves, Petting Zoo and Lizz wright CREATED & PeRFORMeD BY eRtH-VISUAL & PHYsiCal inC. MusiC FaMilY Fun continue tHe leGaCies OF MiRiaM MakeBa, aBBeY lincoln, anD ODetta This performance on Angélique Kidjo, YOu MiGHt alsO Be the New Haven Green Dianne Reeves, and inteResteD in: opens Festival 2012 Lizz Wright—three of A weekend of Ideas with style: SING THE today’s most exciting conversations on what TRUTH! is a dazzling and acclaimed female it means to lead social evening of song that vocalists—continue the change and Sing the honors the music and legacies of recently Truth!: Explore the spirit of great women in departed legends legacy of Constance jazz, folk, r&b, gospel, Miriam Makeba, Abbey Baker Motley with and the blues. Lincoln, and Odetta Rev. Bernard Lafayette by performing songs on Sat, June 23 at 3pm. by these and other great women of music, iNC al ranging from Billie C Holiday to Lauryn Hill. hysi Kidjo, Reeves, and p Wright will also sing selections of their own original songs. & h Visual rt E k OR w Dinosaurs are coming ET N to town! The artists of C Australian theater and usi m visual arts company al ERTH have created ON i T awesome prehistoric a creatures, from cute baby iNTERN dinos to teeth-gnashing sy sy giants that live in a rte petting zoo like no other. u O C These life-like dinosaurs come alive in an eye- popping, interactive performance that is fun and educational for all ages. After the show, audiences have the opportunity to pet and play with the dinosaurs— dare you get too close? 4 5 5 saT JuNE 16 7pm > New haven green, FRee SAT JuNE 16 & > New haven green FRee Elm street stage www.artidea.org suN JuNE 17 www.artidea.org 1pm, 3pm, 5pm OPENINGWEEKENDOPENINGWEEKENDOPENINGW National theatre asphalt of Scotland orchestra tHe stRanGe unDOinG OF PRuDenCia HaRt MusiC tHEATER Asphalt Orchestra is Asphalt Orchestra The Orchestra is an CREaTED BY DaViD gREig a one-of-a-kind street will fill the New Haven off-shoot of Bang on a DiRECTED BY wils wilsON marching band that Green with newly Can All-Stars, the new From National Theatre swept away on an Drinks and food will be brings ambitious music commissioned music music ensemble that of Scotland (Black enchanting, dream-like available for purchase to the masses in an for marching band from took the Festival by Watch) comes this journey of self-discovery before performances and exciting, take-over-the- the likes of Frank Zappa storm in 2011. heartfelt and whimsical filled with magical during intermission. crowd performance. and Björk. production staged inside moments, devilish $15 minimum purchase New Haven’s Wicked encounters, and wittily per person. Wolf Tavern. You—the wild karaoke. This audience—observe a production was the YOu MiGHt alsO Be peculiar merriment at hit of the Edinburgh inteResteD in: the bar: Prudencia Hart, Fringe Festival in A Scotch Tasting, a bookish academic 2011, and makes its part our Food and one of your fellow American debut here Experiences guests, finds herself at the Festival. (see page 35) ER g bER E i N pha Ste warning From the Company: National Asphalt “A band on the prowl Theatre of Orchestra will ll Scotland perform flash cannot be held looking to show you RRE performances in surprise responsible in the locations throughout a good time” w Fa event of any members RE New Haven on Saturday D Playbill of the audience losing June 16. Keep your their head, their heart, eyes and ears open, or follow us on their shoes, or their Twitter (@ArtIdea) very selves during and Facebook for more the course of the information. performance. 6 6 7 SAT JUNE 17 7pm > New haven green, FRee JuNE 20–30 > wicked wolf Tavern, Tickets—see page 39 Elm street stage www.artidea.org TuEs–SAT 7pm 144 Temple street $35 regular $45 premium SAT & suN 1pm $15 food & drink minimum AddiTioNAl pErformANcE JuNE 27 1pm www.artidea.org Yale international the radio Show Choral Festival Kyle aBRaHaM/aBRaHaM.in.MOtiOn MusiC DanCe presented in collaboration with the yale glee Club, yale school of music and the yale alumni Chorus Foundation “It’s smart and self-aware, Six outstanding choirs TuE JuNE 19 FRi JuNE 22 and luscious too: from around the world 8pm Yale Choral artists 8pm Cambridge the complete package.” gather in New Haven (USA) university The New York Times this summer at the Yale Consort of voices International Choral wED JuNE 20 (UK) Kyle Abraham and his Festival, which will 7-member company 5pm Manado state explore the connections university Choir SAT JuNE 23 Abraham.In.Motion that choral music fosters (Indonesia) 6pm Yale alumni dance with a highly between people around engaging, larger-than- 8:30pm Chorus (USA) the world. life style that combines Central with the new influences from hip-hop Conservatory of Haven symphony Each choir will offer to ballet. In Music Choir Orchestra The Radio a public performance , the closure of the (China) and Russell Show at the International thomas, tenor urban Pittsburgh radio 8pm Pre-show talk Festival of Arts & Ideas, Woolsey Hall, Yale station that Abraham performing a special grew up listening to— FRee program celebrating Thu JuNE 21 and the attendant loss the choir’s unique music 5pm imilonji kantu of a musical voice in the and traditions. Choral society community—sets the (South Africa) stage for an exploration of cultural identity, personal history, and the heartbeat of a neighborhood. The score mixes together recordings of classic soul and hip-hop with contemporary classical ER Cambridge Central Imilonji Kantu compositions by Ryoji ib University Consort Conservatory of Choral Society RE Ikeda and Alva Noto.